A new Portland State University study draws on extensive insights from regulators, practitioners and transaction experts to map out how private equity ownership is altering the accounting landscape — and why higher education must bridge the growing gap between classroom instruction and workplace realities.

Patients treated at for-profit hospitals experienced higher mortality and readmission rates, while nurses working in those hospitals reported less safe staffing and substantially worse working conditions, according to a new study led by researchers at Penn Nursing’s Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research (CHOPR) and the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics.

Peer-reviewed study finds simulation-based gaming helps students understand complex health economics concepts and insurance market dynamics.

Business leaders with international experience play a significant role in shaping the success of their organisations and are often associated with stronger organisational performance, including higher growth, profitability and stock market performance, according to a new study published in the Journal of Management.

Hospital-based nurses and midwives have higher rates of long-term sick leave and are more frequently diagnosed with back disorders during the first four years. Around 13 per cent leave hospital work within six years, and the analyses show increasing health problems in the period leading up to their departure and improvements in some health outcomes afterwards.

Scientists calculated the total gross ecosystem product that the world’s oyster reefs could deliver to planetary health and human wellbeing, given adequate interventions for habitat restoration and protection. They estimated that the combined potential ecosystem services of oyster reefs, including food production, carbon sequestration, water filtration, and coastline protection, could be worth up to $12 trillion per year. For this potential to be realized, 90% of sites suitable for oyster reefs would require restoration, while 80% would need protection through conservation efforts.

A new study of 5,589 participants across 21 countries finds evidence that the concept of mental accounting holds true.